Tile press-mold.



WP P. MEEKER.

TILE PRESS MOLD, LPILIOATION mum mm 3, 190a.

Patented June 22, 1909.

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M i i W. P. MEEKER. TILE P131388 MOLD. AYYLIOATION FILED mun s, 19os.

Patented June 22', 1909.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM. PASSMORE MEEKER, OI MAPLElYOOD, NEW' JERSEY.

TILE PRE SS-MOLD.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM PAssMoRE MEEKER, a citizen of the UnitedStates and of the State of New Jersey, residing at Ma plewood, Essexcounty, New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTile Press-Molds, of which the following is a specification.

l\-Iy invention relates to that class of pressmol-ds which are designedto form glass tiles with undercut lugs or projections thereupon, andconsists in the particulars hereinafter set forth.

The drawings illustrate the following parts of my improved press-mold.

Figure l is an end view and Fig. 2 is a side view of the plun er; Fig. 3is an end view and Fig. 4 is a si e view of the top and end frame; Fig.5 is an end view and Fig. 6 is a side view of the detachable sides; Fig.7 is an end view and Fig. 8 is a side view of the base; Fig. 9 is an endview of the assembled aress with the plunger down and showing tie moldedglass in broken lines; and Fig. 10 is a longitudinal sectional viewtaken on the line V W of Fig. 9, omitting the glass; Fig. 11 is a.perspective view of the molded form of glass; Fig. 12 is an end view andFig. 13 aside view of one end of a modified form of plunger; Fig. l t isa crosssectional view taken on the line X X of Fig. 15 which is alongitudinal sectional. view of one end of the modified form of top andend and mold body to be used with the modified plunger shown in Figs. 12and 13; Fig. 16 is a cross-sectional View taken on the line Y Y of Fig.17 which is a longitudinal sectional view of another modified form oftop and end plate combined with a mold body, like that shown in Figs.14: and 15, and Fig. 18 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line Z Zof Fig. 19 which is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line Z ofFig. 1.8, of one end of a modified form of mold-press for making covesor bases.

In all the figures corresponding parts are referred to by similarreference letters.

The obj ect of my improvements is to produce, by a single operation of areciprocating plun er, a glass tile having a smooth, fimshed ace on oneside, and oppositel inclined undercut lugs upon its other si e or Andthis may be accomplished by the back.

Patented June 22, 1909.

Serial No. 436,371.

use of the form of mold press illustrated in Figs. 1 to 10 inclusive, orby the use of the modified forms illustrated in Figs. 12 to 19inclusive.

In the first mentioned form my pressmold is provided with a base or bodyA having a centrally disposed gutter or groove B, shown by broken linesin Fi "s. 7, S and 9, and also havin raised ends 6 C preferably providedwith c epressions c 0 upon the tops thereof.

Removable side members D D rest upon the base A, and the top E restsupon the side members D D with its depending ends F F fitting inside ofthe same and resting upon the raised ends C C of the base.

The plunger Gr has its nose H shortened so as to pass down between theraised ends C C of the base, while the body of the plunger extends outover the raised ends 0 a so as to overlap the same, as shown in Fig.1.0. The plunger is provided with recesses 71. it adapted to form theupper lugs on the back of the tile, and with other recesses h It ada)ted to overlap the corners of the raised en s C C and to leavebetweenthem and such corners recesses of the form shown by the broken lines inFig. 9, and ada )ted to form the lower hook-like lugs. u on t e tile.

It will be seen that when mo ten glass is placed in the body of the moldand the plunger is forced down upon it, the lass will be spread up intothe sides and en s of the mold, and forced into the recesses in theplunger, so as to take the form shown in Fig. 11. The plunger may thenbe raised, coming freely away from the molded glass, the top and endsremoved, and the sides then lifted off the base, carrying the moldedform of glass with them, which may afterward be annealed and separatedinto its tile sections. The slight space between the ends of the plungerand the ends of the mold, and the recesses upon the tops of the ends ofthe mold cooperating with slight corresponding recesses in the plungersends, will produce end webs I I with their top webs z i shown in Fig.11, which serve to stiffen the molded form of glass during the processof handling and annealing. It will be seen that by breaking or cuttingaway the gutter web J and the end webs I i, the com leted tile sectionsK K will remain with the ugs k is inclined in one direction, and withhook-like lugs k 70 inclined in the other direction. Such lugs are ofadvantage in firmly locking a tile upon its backing. 1

In the form of press just described, the tile is formed with itsfinished face down and its lugs up. But in the modified forms of press,shown in Figs. 12 to 19 inclusive, the tile is formed with its smoothface up and with its back and lugs down. This is accomplished in theform shown in Figs. 12 to 15 by forming in the mold body A recesses a aand attaching to the outer edges of the plunger G spurs g g which passdown through suitable recesses e e in the top E so as to rest within therecesses a a in the position shown by the broken lines in Fig. 14. This,as will be seen, will form an undercut portion in the recesses a a. sothat when the plunger is brought down upon the melted glass it will bemolded into the form shown by the broken lines in Fig. 14, with inclinedlugs near the lower edge of each tile section, and an oppositelydisposed hook lug at the upper edge of each tile section. And by raislngthe lunger and removing the top this molded orm can be removed from themold by turning the mold over.

In the modified form shown in Figs. 16 and 17, spurs g 9, shown inbroken lines in Fig. 16, are attached to the top E and fit within therecesses a a, so as to form undercut sockets therein of a form likethose formed by the spurs g 9 shown in Figs. 12 and 14. A plunger havinga face corresponding with the upper broken lines shown in Fig. 16 isused; and it will be seen that by withdrawing the plunger and raisingthe top E the molded tile form can be readily freed from the mold byturning it over.

The mold shown in Figs. 18 and 19 embodies the same principleillustrated in Figs. 16 and 17, and shows it applied to forming a curvedtile, commonly called a cove; recesses a a being formed in the body A,into one of which a lug g fits to form an undercut socket, while theopposite edge of the top E overlaps the other recess a so as to form italso into an undercut socket. And it will be seen that the molded glassmay be readily removed from this form of mold also, by raising theplunger G and removing the top.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States, is

1. The combination, in a glass-tile moldpress embodying a male memberand a female member, of a lug-socket having portions disposedsuccessively at angles oppositely inclined to the tile-face formingportion of the mold.

2. The combination, in a glass-tile moldpress embodying a body-base anda reciprocating plunger, of a lug-socket having portions disposedsuccessively at angles oppositely inclined to the tile-face formingportion of the mold.

3. The combination, in a glass-tile moldpress embodying a body base anda recipro cating plunger, of a lug-socket formed between the mold-pressmembers and having portions disposed successively at angles oppositelyinclined to the tile-face forming portion of the mold.

1. The combination, in a glasstile moldpress embodying a body base; asuperimposed removable portion and a reciprocating plunger, of alug-socket formed between the mold-press members and having portionsdisposed successively at angles oppositely inclined to the tile-faceforming portion of the mold.

5. The combination, in a glass-tile moldpress embodying a body base anda reciprocating plunger forming between them a laterally-inclined tilespace, of a lug-socket located at one side of said tile space and havingportions disposed successively on opposite sides of a line perpendicularto the plane of the tile space.

6. The combination, in a glass-tile mo1d press embodying a body base anda reciprocating plunger, of lug-sockets having portions inclinedsuccessively in directions opposite to each other and at inclined anglesto the tile space of the mold.

7. The combination, in a glass-tile moldpress embodying a body base anda reciprocating plunger, of a lug-socket having por tions inclinedsuccessively in opposite directions and at inclined angles to the tilespace of the mold and another lug-socket disposed in the same direct-ionas the base of said first mentioned socket.

8. The combination, in a glasstile moldpress, of a gnttered body-basehaving elevated ends and a plunger having a nose to pass between saidelevated ends and recessed shoulders to overlap the same.

9. The combination, in a glass-tile moldpress, of a buttered body-basehaving elevated ends with depressions thereupon, and a plunger having anose to pass between said elevated ends and recessed shoulders tooverlap the same.

10. The combination, in a glass-tile moldpress, of a body-base havingelevated ends and a plunger provided with upper lug-sockets, a nose topass between such elevated ends and recessed shoulders to overlap thesame and to form therewith oppositely inclined lug-sockets.

11. The combination, in a glass-tile moldpress, of a body-base havingelevated ends with recesses thereupon, a plunger provided with upperlug-sockets, a nose to pass betw'een such elevated ends and recessedshoulders to overlap the same and to form there- 'With lug-socketshaving portions disposed successively at angles oppositely inclined tothe tile-face forming portion of the mold.

[sEAL] bers and cooperating projections on another 10 of such mold-pressmembers to enter and partially close the tops but not the bottoms ofsuch lug-sockets so as to form undercut portions therein.

WILLIAM PASSMORE MEEKER. Vitnesses:

WILLIAM H. h'loi-rn, HOWARD LL ROWE.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 925,782, granted June22, 1909, upon the application of William Passmore Meeker, of Maplewood,New Jersey, for an improvement in Tile Press-Molds, errors appear in theprinted specification requiring correction, as follows: In lines 12-13,page 2, after the word recesses the letters and word a a and should beinserted, and in line 113, same page, the word buttered should readguttered; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with-thesecorrections therein that the sarne may conform to the record of the casein the Patent Signed and sealed this 13th day of July, A. D., 1909.

C. C. BILLINGS,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

tw'een such elevated ends and recessed shoulders to overlap the same andto form there- 'With lug-sockets having portions disposed successivelyat angles oppositely inclined to the tile-face forming portion of themold.

[sEAL] bers and cooperating projections on another 10 of such mold-pressmembers to enter and partially close the tops but not the bottoms ofsuch lug-sockets so as to form undercut portions therein.

WILLIAM PASSMORE MEEKER. Vitnesses:

WILLIAM H. h'loi-rn, HOWARD LL ROWE.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 925,782, granted June22, 1909, upon the application of William Passmore Meeker, of Maplewood,New Jersey, for an improvement in Tile Press-Molds, errors appear in theprinted specification requiring correction, as follows: In lines 12-13,page 2, after the word recesses the letters and word a a and should beinserted, and in line 113, same page, the word buttered should readguttered; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with-thesecorrections therein that the sarne may conform to the record of the casein the Patent Signed and sealed this 13th day of July, A. D., 1909.

C. C. BILLINGS,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

Corrections in Letters Patent No. 925,782.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 925,782, granted June22, 1909, upon the application of William Passmore Meeker, of Maplewood,New Jersey, for an improvement in Tile Press-Molds, errors appear in theprinted specification requiring correction, as follows: In lines 12-13,page 2, after the word recesses the letters and word a a and should beinserted, and in line 113, same page, the word buttered should readguttered; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with thesecorrections therein that the sal ne may conform to the record of thecase in the Patent Oflice.

Signed and sealed this 13th day of July, A. D., 1909.

[SEAL] C. G. BILLINGS,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

